BDSM in Manchester

21 Nov 2008, 4:55 PM GMT

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Manchester listings
- Fetish & BDSM, shops & events

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Clubs Guide
- big or small, Fetish or BDSM

Shops Guide
- short reviews of local places selling BDSM or Fetish gear

Visitors Guide
- information for visitors to Manchester

Web Board & Chatroom
- IC's discussion forums for BDSM people in the area

Events

Club Lash
- the North's biggest BDSM/Fetish night

The Manchester Munch
- the longest running UK munch

Manchester Clubs

The general Manchester BDSM/Fetish listings page includes one-off events, munches and some clubs not mentioned here. For city-centre events, the interactive Manchester Map shows where most things are. Please confirm details with the event organisers themselves before making a journey.

The largest club in Manchester (and the north in general) is Club Lash, which has a mixture of fetish people, TVs, goths and BDSM players. Lash has been running since 1998 at several central Manchester venues, and it's recently moved to The Tunnel.

Club Lash and LifeStyle-UK's Subversion play parties have their own pages on BiM.

Other club events

MUD - Manchester's Unbelievable Dungeon started in mid-2004 as "a dungeon designed for use as an exciting venue for individuals, couples and groups of people to be photographed, filmed or hire to play in. Equipped with various toys, dungeon furniture and equipment, situated in an dungeon environment. MUD is targeted at fetish practitioners who need a safe environment in which to relax and enjoy their pursuits." They are also hosting both gay and straight invitation-only play party events, including the Couch Club.

Club Selecta in Bolton started in May 2004 as a pan-sexual adult club, welcoming Fetish/BDSM people, swingers and T-girls. Selecta is open every Friday and Saturday: originally the emphasis was Fetish/BDSM on Fridays and swingers on Saturdays, however we understand that more Fetish/BDSM people are now visiting on Saturdays too. The venue holds a maximum of about 40 people - more like a house or a play party than a club. Membership is predominantly couples and females, with numbers of single men strictly limited each night (they're required to book in advance.)

Manchester Super Chain is a club in the sense of a members' society, and has been a meeting point for gay men into SM, leather or fetish in Manchester since 1983. It's website lists the club nights it runs, along with some other SM-friendly events in the gay scene.

KiNK is probably the biggest gay fetish night in the North, and takes place once a month at Sub, 101 Princess St, M1 6DD (under Cruz 101.) The dresscode is quite relaxed (described as "desirable" rather than required) and encourages rubber, leather, uniform, skins, sportskit, lycra or underwear.

SM Dykes is based in Manchester, and aims to support lesbian and bisexual women who do SM with other women. As well as regular informal meetings and the annual Women's SM Conference in May, they run some private club nights in central Manchester.

The Alert! is a men-only club running once at month at Legends, 4-6 Whitworth Street, M1 3QW (the same venue as Club Lash.) It also has an after-party at MUD.

Manchester Fetish is on the last Saturday of the month. Until late 2004, this was at The Club swingers' venue but has now moved to MUD also.

Fetish Fantastic is a monthly party just off the A57 Manchester Road, M34 2NA.

Further afield, Nemesis II is a purpose built 4000 sq ft play space, with two dozen pieces of equipment. It's located south of Huddersfield, a fair way off the M62, about equidistant from Manchester, Leeds and Sheffield but well worth the journey. The club is membership-based, and you need to be invited to join (see their website for details), but you can also visit as a guest of a member.

What's missing?

If you know of any other regular BDSM or Fetish events in Manchester, please mail webmaster@informedconsent.co.uk with the details (preferably a link to the event's website.) We're especially keen to list more gay or lesbian club nights.